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ArticleCureus2026

Management of a "Can Intubate, Can't Ventilate" Airway Post-tracheostomy: A Case Report.

Roy Madrid, Sergio Alvarado Gil, Lorenzo E Juarez, Hemza Assed, Eugene Koshkin

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Article in Cureus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Roy MadridDepartment of Medical Education, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.
Sergio Alvarado GilDepartment of Medical Education, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.
Lorenzo E JuarezDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.
Hemza AssedDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.
Eugene KoshkinDepartment of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this case report of a 36-year-old with a remotely healed tracheostomy stoma, urgent intubation led to false passage formation despite the endotracheal tube appearing to pass through the vocal cords. Absent end-tidal CO₂ and breath sounds were initially attributed to severe bronchospasm, but progressively increasing subcutaneous air prompted fiberoptic bronchoscopy, which revealed a paratracheal false passage. The patient developed hypoxic cardiac arrest, required extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and, ultimately, died. This case underscores the critical need for early bronchoscopy evaluation when standard confirmation methods are inconclusive, as well as the importance of avoiding anchoring bias in airway emergencies.

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PMID42808095
PMCPMC13619158

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